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seven saints, encircled by pairs of a , He spake and 
enter the vessel, and oontaue in it aecur^ / while he 
vanished. Satyaurata .waited the ™ e ® V ® el ’ a dearth, 
was performing grateful sacnfi , Alarmed at the 
,„ r V« by *Sb^?»“SSi iSt.»ce,.be. 
violence of the waves the pi g ^ figh nQW 0 f blazing 
the god again appeared in Q stupendous horn, 
* s‘2 w,. k . i . 
ts- »p» «?•» rais-" 
surely enough to exhibit its identity with the account giv 
the Pentateuch. serpent in the preceding 
46. The mention of the wo, d ^ Brahmins resting 
story, reminds me of a tram q PrDe nt with a thou- 
Krishna, who defeated Kalh . ag_, Jumna, tearing 
sand heads, after he had poisoned the r^er Jnm ^ ^ 
off his heads one after another and tramp ° pure.t This 
feet, after which the poisoned ^ ers ? 00 t. J Nay, 
Krishna was vulnerable on y in e w hich approach 
there are actually two sculpture g ^ Kris p na suffer - 
to an exact ventication of G-en. n • ' f lde j a n enormous 
*9, - JtrUm^ant,jn 
serpent biting his heel , the servant's head.§ 
which he is represented as teinpto? P 
Can any analogies be more striking ■ ^ Institutes of 
47. Sir William Jones m Tis preface to ^ ^ - n the fir8fc 
Menu, which he assigns to b.c. > esented a s first creating 
chapter of that work, the Dei y P „ ro duct of Nara, or 
waters, called nara, because they P fi rs t ay ana, 
the spirit of God; and that ^“ 2 ^^ ™ving on the 
or place of motion, He is called ° Lieut . Wilford, in 
waters.” The same author, ^ other most wonderful 
Asiatic Researches, informs us of s Meru, for instance, 
testimonies to the Mosaic writing . abo d e of the im- 
is believed to be a celestia ’ • f a p s 0 ut of the feet 
mortals, upon the top of which a vast river tan 
* Asiatic Researches, vol. i- P- .? 34 ‘ 
t Maurice’s Hist. Hind., vol u. P- 
+ J bid., vol ill P- 88. 
§ Ibid., vol. ii. 
